LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1027, 6 December 1872, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

VIA GABI'S, [Anglo Australian Press Telegraph Agency] LONDON DATES TO THE 23rd ULTIMO. The Atrato is condemned by the Board of Trade, her shaft and cranks being unfit for service. There has been a great influx f bullion into England. An amalgamation has taken place between the British Extension China and Australian Telegraph Companies. Earl Kimberley declines to receive a petition for separation from Northern Queensland, except through the Governor. The Admiralty have selected a site at Greenwich Hospital for the erection of a memorial to soldiers who fell in the New Zealand war. H.M.S. Marmidon, gun vessel, has been ordered to the Australian station. Viscount Canterbury has been created an earl. Messrs Childers and Coshel Hoey continue in temporary charge of the Victorian agency. The appointment of a Governor for South Australia is deferred. A rule nisi has been applied for in

the Tichborne trial. The Bar object to accept briefs.

One hundred and eighty nine metropolitan policemen have been dismissed from the force for insubordination, and the ringleaders are being prosecuted. Consols 92f.

Fifty-one thousand bales were offered at the London Colonial wool sales, and an advance of from Id to 2d established. Prices advanced at Liverpool sales also.

CONTINENTAL. There is a serious crisis at Versailles. M.Thiers is unwell, and has threatened to resign the Presidency unless a large vote of confidence is given on constitutional projects sub mitted. There is much uncertainty in consequence, pending the reception of the report of the Committee appointed to draw up reply to M. Thiers's message. An appeal to the country is threatened. M. Thiers consents to the adoption of the Parliamentary system with Ministerial responsibility." A. Bill has been introduced in the French National Assembly for restoring the property of the Orleans Princes. King Amadeus, of Spain, is still seriously ill. A Bill has been introduced in the Prussian Chambers forbidding the imposition or proclamation of religious punishment in any legal or civil Court. The Reorganisation of Counties Reform Bill has been read a first time in the Prussian Chamber of Dignities. Germany supports the Zanzibar expedition against the African slave trade, both morally and diplomatically.